In the musical, Dionysos, despairing of the quality of living dramatists, travels to Hades to bring George Bernard Shaw back from the dead.

According to Mary-Kay Gamel, "His central production concept involved Charon and Dionysos rowing across the Exhibition Pool in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, while the Frogs, played by members of the Yale swimming team, swam around the boat.

The cast featured Richard Zajdlic as Dionysos and Bob Husson as Xanthias, with choreography by Ron Howell and direction by John Gardyne.

[9] On May 22, 2000, Lane, with Davis Gaines and Brian Stokes Mitchell, performed a concert version of The Frogs at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.[8] Shortly after performing in the concert adaptation, Lane began revising and expanding the show's book into a two-act structure typical of American musicals; the first act was expanded, the second condensed.

[10] the cast also included John Byner as Charon, Daniel Davis as Shaw, Peter Bartlett as Hades, Burke Moses as Heracles, and Michael Siberry as Shakespeare.

It's ingeniously designed and staged, strongly sung and acted; and, though it has only a few musical numbers in its 100 minutes of playing time, each song is splendid.

[15]<[16] The first regional production of the revival version[17] opened in Pittsburgh on February 14, 2007, starring Jordan Grubb as Xanthias and Dale Spollett as Dionysos.

Directed by Eric Davis, the cast included Jorge Acosta, Dick Baker, and Joel Martin.

In January 2014, Anglia Ruskin University presented a showing of The Frogs at the Mumford Theatre in Cambridge, UK.

It played for two nights on the 17th and 18 January, featuring Tariq Daniels as Dionysos, Gemma Dixon as Xanthias, Keegan Featherstone as Hades and Jade Copeman as Ariadne.

Directed by Chris McKay, the cast included Luke Baweja, Gabrielle Rawlings, Abigail Dixon, Michael Mulvena, Alan Zhu, Alissa Del Vecchio, James Wilson, and Oliver Morassut as Hades.

The musical was revived on March 19, 2017, for a limited run at London's Jermyn Street Theatre playing until April 8, 2017.

The cast included Douglas Sills, Kevin Chamberlin, Marc Kudisch, Chuck Cooper, Peter Bartlett, Dylan Baker, Jordan Donica, Candice Corbin, and Nathan Lane.

[24] A new production is scheduled to run at the Southwark Playhouse in London from 23 May to 28 June 2025, under the direction of Georgie Rankom, and featuring Kevin McHale in the role of Xanthias.

When he took her to Mount Olympus to marry her, she was worried that she could not compare to the Olympian gods, he made her a crown of stars to help her look like a goddess.

Dionysos climbs back on the boat drenched and covered with weeds, still quivering from his horrible confrontation with the frogs.

Aeakos, keeper of the keys to the palace, sees Dionysos in his Heracles disguise and vows vengeance on the god who slew the three-headed watchdog of Hades.

At the urging of Dionysos, Xanthias dons the Heracles suit, and they encounter Charisma, the beautiful handmaiden to Persephone.

As Pluto and Dionysos discuss the dire situation on Earth, the Greek Chorus offers ironic commentary to the audience: though serious matters are being weighed onstage, there is no cause for alarm ("It's Only a Play").

Grappling for a final topic (and concerned whether the people of earth will accept Shaw's rigorous social views), Dionysos calls a time-out.

The powerful poetry moves Dionysos to declare Shakespeare the winner and offer him passage to the world of the living.

A disgruntled Shaw is dragged kicking and screaming from the stage as Charon the boatman announces the return trip ("All Aboard").

Dionyus beckons Shakespeare to speak, and the playwright responds by calling for a new play to be written to inspire humanity.

He urges us to shake off lethargy, to take action to resolve the earthly problems that plague our times ("Final Instructions to the Audience").

A running gag involves the guests complaining about the length and host Scott Aukerman berating them for interrupting it.